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NationalFILE - Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, at podium, addresses community members and other local, state law enforcement officials in a town hall on antisemitic violence at YULA Boys High School in Los Angeles Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File) (Damian Dovarganes, Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)LOS ANGELES – A California man was sentenced Monday to 35 years in prison for shooting and wounding two Jewish men as they left synagogues in Los Angeles last […]

Applying for FEMA assistance in Florida after Helene? Here’s what you need | Homeowners in 17 counties may be eligibleORLANDO, Fla. – Florida homeowners and renters in 17 counties impacted by Hurricane Helene may be eligible for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.The eligible counties are Charlotte, Citrus, Dixie, Franklin, Hernando, Hillsborough, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lee, Levy, Madison, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Sarasota, Taylor and Wakulla counties. FEMA may be able to help with “serious needs, displacement, temporary lodging, basic home […]

NationalCopyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reservedRev. J. Lawrence Turner, left, leads a prayer vigil with the mother and stepfather of Tyre Nichols, RowVaughn Wells, second from right, and Rodney Wells, right, outside the federal courthouse during the trial of three former Memphis police officers accused of killing her son Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Lawyers for two former Memphis officers rested their cases Monday without calling them to testify in […]

WeatherIsaac, Julia, Kirk form on heels of Helene with more development expectedORLANDO, Fla. – The peak of the 2024 hurricane season had been quiet until it wasn’t.Hurricane Helene brought catastrophic impacts from Florida’s Gulf Coast to the Carolinas last week. Shortly after, Isaac formed in the North Atlantic and quickly became a Category 2 storm. Then there was Joyce.Earlier Monday, Tropical Depression 12 strengthened into Tropical Storm Kirk. This storm is expected to rapidly strengthen into a major hurricane, however, […]

PoliticsCopyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about Hurricane Helene at a rally on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON – Hurricane Helene’s deadly devastation has scrambled the presidential candidates’ campaign plans, with Kamala Harris returning early from a campaign visit to Las Vegas to attend briefings and Donald Trump heading to Georgia to see the storm's impact. The death toll surpassed 100 people, with some of the […]